President Lee: "Police Responsibility Has Grown Much Greater... People Are Worried About Investigation Issues"

[Financial News] President Lee Jae Myung stressed on the 11th that "one of the issues people are most worried about these days is investigations." He also instructed the Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL) to set clear standards regarding the scope of labor disputes under the Yellow Envelope Act, the revised labor union law.
He made the remarks while reviewing issues related to crime victims during a report on the government's comprehensive suicide prevention measures at the Cabinet meeting he chaired at Government Complex Sejong that day.
Lee said, "In any case, hasn't the police's responsibility become much greater now?" He added, "People are very concerned that crime damage may spread further, or that 'relief for victims, fact-finding, arresting offenders, and punishment must all be handled properly.'"
He then instructed Jaesung Yoo, acting commissioner general of the Korean National Police Agency, to "organize how to respond to ordinary crime victims and how to address public concerns, and report countermeasures at an appropriate time." Yoo replied, "We will prepare measures and report back."
Lee also urged the labor minister to clearly define the "scope of labor disputes" under the Yellow Envelope Act.
He asked the minister, "There has been criticism that you are not making clear regulations on whether something falls within the scope of a labor dispute under the Yellow Envelope Act."
When the minister replied, "We have already issued everything through administrative interpretation," Lee explained, "Interpretation and guidelines are different. Interpretation is just an opinion."
Lee also said, "For example, you have said that opposing management decisions such as 'building a factory somewhere' is not allowed, and I think people want that to be clearly set out in regulations." He added, "Presenting standards through interpretation is different from setting standards under the law. There are requests to clearly specify the criteria for obvious cases, and that is a fairly reasonable argument, so please review it actively."

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